Gothic

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Which game did you played now? Gothic 1?
I just have to say that all what you call "broken" is a very good thing of design. You couldn't block permanently that makes fights more challenging. You have to choose the correct timing at all. And that the player moves very slow is just a further thing I praise very well, because that doesn't bring the feeling of an action- or hack n slay game with kitschy "monster killing stuff". Gothic is very decent and not made to be a fun game.

Players have just different feelings of that. But Gothic is as it should be.
You have to befriend with the combat, otherwise the protagonist need to be stronger before survive a fight. The game also isn't focused on fighting something, it's just the player's choice. Of course there are some situations where you have to fight, but don't think that every creature in the game automatically is an enemy.

Some? I'm sorry, but that is complete bullshit. Did you even play the same game I did? Not only is the game's story centered around "kitschy monster killing stuff" almost half the game is combat. Did you completely miss the several HUGE fetch quests that span the entire map where you have to complete very unimaginative encounters before getting the item you require? Or the ridiculous encounters in the last temple where you have to flee several times and return after healing because not only is it basically impossible to heal in combat the combat is so awkward that before you can even target a monster the entire group can surround you and hack you to pieces? And I had the maximum HP and then some, had the best armor and even an amulet that protects against damage from weapons. How does it make sense that I am more invulnerable than a Terminator and yet a group of temple novices, which I can kill in 2-3 hits can kill me in 5 seconds? There are also several situation when two powerful monsters are attacking you and one of them circles around you or worse yet flanks you and there is no way to quickly target him to attack him. And how can you honestly defend the broken blocking mechanic by saying it requires precise timing? It's broken, the character has no reason to lower his sword at all. It's obvious that it was not designed that way because the animation doesn't even make sense. It just stops and then resumes in a very jarring way.

As I said I thought the first few hours of the game were amazing, but it just degenerates into a boring RPG with a typical story, no character development whatsoever and one tedious slugfest after the other. I'm sorry, but you are just deluding yourself.